Search continues for security van robbers in Whangärei

Police are currently
searching for two men following the armed robbery of a
security van in Whangärei.

About 2.30pm today a man
pointed a gun at one of the security van guards outside a
building on Bank Street. The man managed to get a sum of
money and then left the scene in a car driven by another
man.

The vehicle was then located by Police at 3.30pm on
Raumanga Heights Drive. The men were not in the vehicle and
Police are now searching for them.

Police would like
anyone who has had sightings of the vehicle around the
Whangärei area between 7.45am and 3.30pm today to contact
them at Whangärei Police on 09 430 4500.

The vehicle is
described as a black 1999 Subaru Forrester and is believed
to have been
stolen.

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